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* [[Exchange-for-value system]]
* [[Exchange-for-value system]]
* [[KMV]]
* [[KMV]]
* [[MCT]]
* [[Merton distance-to-default]]
* [[Merton distance-to-default]]
* [[Operational risk]]
* [[Operational risk]]

Revision as of 20:11, 9 February 2019

1.

The risk that a counterparty will not settle an obligation for full value, either when due or at any time thereafter.

In exchange-for-value settlement systems, the risk is generally defined to include both replacement cost risk and principal risk.


2.

A weighted measure reflecting both the maximum possible amount of the credit loss (also known as the credit exposure), and the likelihood of such loss.


See also